Eden

Name: Eden
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Released: June 19, 2015
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 81
Cast: F, Hugo Conzelmann, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne

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| Release Date: June 19, 2015 | R

Starring: F, Hugo Conzelmann, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne

Summary: Paul (Félix de Givry) is a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris. Rave parties dominate that culture, but he's drawn to the more soulful rhythms of Chicago's garage house. He forms a DJ collective named Cheers (as, in a parallel storyline, two of his friends form one called Daft Punk, who float throughout the movie), andPaul (Félix de Givry) is a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris. Rave parties dominate that culture, but he's drawn to the more soulful rhythms of Chicago's garage house. He forms a DJ collective named Cheers (as, in a parallel storyline, two of his friends form one called Daft Punk, who float throughout the movie), and together he and his friends plunge into the ephemeral nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music. [Broadgreen Pictures]… Expand

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

Genre(s): Drama, History, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 131 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Sep 13, 2014

Portraying a generation so energized by possibilities that it was bound to be let down, Eden offers a wise assessment of the interplay between fantasy and reality on the path to adulthood. The seductive rhythms are a perfect match for a movie that analyzes the unstoppable flow of life. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jun 18, 2015

No matter what is going on, Hansen-Love's talent for bringing us inside a specific world makes Eden an experience we all can connect to. Read full review

Molly Eichel

Jul 3, 2015

Eden is the kind of movie that hits you when you least expect it. Just when I thought it was a mess, its aimlessness began to make complete sense. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Sep 13, 2014

Hansen-Love, who co-wrote the script along with her former-DJ brother Sven, zeroes in on the signature experiences of ’90s club life with expert precision. Read full review

Empire Dan Jolin

Jul 21, 2015

Partly the story of a music scene, but mostly the story of a man who realises that living the dream isn’t always the best thing for your life. Vivid, immersive and blessed with a perfectly nostalgic soundtrack. Read full review

The Guardian Paul MacInnes

Sep 13, 2014

Hansen-Løve has an acute eye for the details of Paul’s world. Glamour is twinned with mundanity, beauty with boorishness and friendship with selfishness, while artistic endeavour is undercut by self-indulgence. Read full review

Randy Cordova

Jul 2, 2015

The club scenes, initially exciting, are ultimately wearying, and the movie meanders about much of the time. Read full review

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Yolobear

Sep 19, 2015

The story of a main character with a seemingly impossible dream, fighting his way to top, is one that is very familiar in cinema, perhaps especially in Hollywood. It is therefore refreshing to have a movie that tells the story of someone who never really makes it; sadly there is not thatThe story of a main character with a seemingly impossible dream, fighting his way to top, is one that is very familiar in cinema, perhaps especially in Hollywood. It is therefore refreshing to have a movie that tells the story of someone who never really makes it; sadly there is not that much else to this movie. The movie is to a certain degree structured in a classic rise and fall way, but without the rise ever really being that great. This all works fairly well, though I would have liked to perhaps see more of the fall. I can to a certain degree understand why they have chosen to focus on the rise more since this is perhaps where it is at its most unique considering the character does ever quite make it. That said, it is still the eventual fall which explores this aspect the best. During the rise everything quickly becomes quite repetitive, which is somewhat effective in that it does explore the repetitive existence of a DJ trying to making it, yet it also becomes thematically stagnant and thereby kind of dull. The acting is very mixed; I would say that for the most part it is good, but it occasionally feels very unnatural, especially during english-speaking scenes. It should also be mentioned that the movie is a tad tonally uneven, especially with the constant Daft Punk jokes, which most of the time feel very out of place, a few well-placed ones would have been enough. Like its main character, the movie tries hard and means well, but in the end it just doesn´t really work all that well.… Expand

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